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Norfolk Project (Courses and pictures below) Jeyes
workers clean up on learning Jeyes
of Thetford, a company that manufactures bleaches, and other house hold
cleaning products is the latest company to get involved in the GMB Union
(General Municipal Boilermakers) Workplace Learning and Skills Project.
This project covers all of To
launch the Project on site at the Brunel way site, Keystones
Multi-Mobile IT bus was hired. 12 union members and employees attended a
two-hour session on an Introduction to Computing course after their
shift had finished. For
many of the attendees it was the first form of learning they had
experienced for many years and for some since leaving school. Steve
Walker, Project Co-ordinator for the GMB has said, “it is great to see
people not used to learning get back on the learning ladder and come
away with more confidence and are eager to do more”. All
who attended said, “it was good fun and really useful.”
Others
said, “it was nothing like they imagined as this was friendly and
relaxed and great the GMB Union comes to the factory to do the course
and its Free.” Many of the new learners have said they would like to go on and learn more about computers and other forms of learning and others have said they may want to get a qualification in the future. Bobby McGregor, Operations Manager at Jeyes, said, “Jeyes is fully supportive of this initiative by the GMB and it is hoped it will benefit both the company and the employees in gaining new skills”. The Project Where
we are? 1)
Recruited and trained 3
GMB Learning Reps 2)
Conducted workplace
learning survey and IAG day 3) Delivered 2 taster sessions on ITC
(20 learning outcomes) 4) Delivered 2 follow on IT courses with embedded literacy
(14 learning outcomes) 5) Awareness learning day with Football Basics
(74 attended, 20 indicated future learning interest) What’s
next? A
better Partnership approach from the employer and the GMB to engage a
higher percentage of employees in improving their skills that will also
improve Productivity and efficiency. How
can this be done? Many
employees have not engaged in learning due to lack of confidence and
motivation and feel they don’t have time. From
the talks I have had from the ULR’s and feedback from Jeyes employees
many indicated they would be more willing to enrol on courses if some of
the learning was within work time. The
general principal is that learning could be organised at the beginning
of a shift, so the learner would start an hour early or it could be at
the end of a shift, with the learner finishing one hour later. Cost to the Employer There
would be no cost for the delivery of the courses, as the Learning
Provider will cover these costs through government funding. There
will be the cost of releasing employees from their work areas, but these
costs should be regained with the improvements of productivity and
efficiency. In an average
company that employs 100 people, £86,000 is lost to errors or wastage
through poor Maths, English or reading skills. Courses
can be designed to meet the needs of the organisation and the
individual. To add value and increase interest, computer skills can be
delivered within the course with numeracy and literacy embedded. 2) A Computer and Printer to support those wishing to learn at work. Mark Tilson and Steve Bray recently underwent a three day FLT Course in Kings Lynn. Already experienced drivers for several years, but both wanted a transferable RTITB Cert that is well recognised across all workplaces. The GMB found some funding and off the two went and did the course.
Steve Brady, Sue Harper ULR, Sue Hyne ULR and Mark Tilson. GMB Internet Bite Size At Jeyes The course covered how the Internet works and the functions of the tool bars. Once the learners got to grips with the basic’s they were given some task’s to do, these included the use of search engines and how to use short cuts to find information on the web.
The
two hour course proved to be really good fun and very useful as some of
the learners had a trial go at booking a holiday in All
of the learners have said they would like to do progression courses
preferably at the workplace very soon. Football Basics Course Pics
Digital Photography Course Pics
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